2. What surprises Rose about Ted's death?
(a) That he doesn't die in Blakestable as he always wanted to do.
(b) How much fuss the press makes.
(c) That he had remarried.
(d) How old he was.

3. With what is Ted preoccupied?
(a) Reading.
(b) Editing and writing.
(c) Illness.
(d) Another woman.

4. What does Ted's study smell like?
(a) The cigars he used to smoke.
(b) The pipe he used to smoke.
(c) The scent of flowers as Amy keeps several bouquets in it.
(d) A musty museum.

5. Who did Rosie think Ted would marry rather than Amy?
(a) No one.
(b) Mary-Ann.
(c) Isabel.
(d) His first girlfriend with whom he has a son.

6. What does Rosie do as Ted writes at night?
(a) Goes out with her friends.
(b) Sews.
(c) Sculpts.
(d) Paints.

7. What does Ted seem to be doing?
(a) Getting ready to snatch a piece of fame.
(b) Broadening his horizons.
(c) Getting ready to divorce Rosie.
(d) William has no sense about it.

8. What is one thing that has not changed about Rosie when William sees her late in her life?
(a) Her deepset, sparkling eyes.
(b) Her good figure.
(c) Her concern for others.
(d) Her child-like and mischievous smile.

9. What does William think should be abolished?
(a) The House of Commons.
(b) Royalty.
(c) The House of Lords.
(d) Free education.

10. What does William look forward to writing?
(a) Political essays.
(b) Nothing; he is tired of writing.
(c) Books and plays.
(d) Poetry.

11. What makes William weak in the knees?
(a) Seeing a new guest at the party who is beautiful.
(b) Rosie kissing him on the cheek.
(c) Nothing; he has learned to control his emotions now.
(d) Seeing Rosie assume a pose by a canvas of a painting of her.

12. Where does William meet Rosie one day?
(a) Outside the gentleman's club.
(b) In a small book store along the Thames.
(c) At Vauxhall Bridge Road.
(d) At a tea party.

13. What does William discover that surprises him?
(a) That Ted and Rosie are not actually married legally.
(b) That Roy is the same age as William and has already published several books.
(c) That Ted is the author of 20 books and on the brink of discovery.
(d) That Rosie if pregnant.

14. What does William learn from Newton one day?
(a) That Ted has a mistress.
(b) That Ted is dying.
(c) That Rosie is dead.
(d) That Rosie has left Ted for Kemp.

15. What does William think of as the "crown of literature?"
(a) Rhetoric.
(b) Drama.
(c) Fiction.
(d) Poetry.